Clothing is emerging as medical infrastructure in wearable health—strengthening adoption, stabilizing evidence, and supporting real-world outcomes in biopharma and med-tech.

This wearable health glossary is TechStyle Labs’ attempt to help. We believe shared vocabulary is part of building shared progress. Our goal is simple: make wearable health easier to discuss

Wearable health needs to leverage the human factor as the mechanism that drives adoption, compliance, and ultimately clinical evidence.

The Wrist Was the Perfect Starting Point — But It Was Only the Starting Point. Our bodies are bigger than wrists, and human health is vastly more complex than accelerometry and pulse.